speye91

Anybody know the signs oand symtoms of havin a heart attack , had pretty bad chest pains all day

mick

The Snug Rhino

pretty bad chest pains...often lasting all day.

fatherpierre

And the urge to tell strangers on the net

JTaylor

Iwan

Have a look here

http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/

Or get your **** down to your nearest AandE where they'll do an ECG and other tests to find out for sure, better to be safe than sorry.

David Lock

Premature death is a tell tale sign........

Better get it checked though just in case.

ethanrob

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I ended up in the hospital a couple of weeks ago with severe chest pains around the heart area (front and rear)
I woke about 3 am in agony with these pains,missus called an ambulance taken to hospital,usual first checks,blood pressure,hooked up to heart monitor,and then they took samples of blood,came back all clear,another bllod test was taken 12 hours later,and again all clear,i spent twelve hours hooked up to this ECG thingy monitoring my heart sign's,after spending a full day in the hospital,they sent me home with no medication at all,just told to take a relaxing holiday!

so i believe,they can run heart attack test's,which they did to me,and it came back negative,I was told most probable cause for the chest pains were a pulled muscle around the heart area(cannot even pronounce what its called)

But boy oh boy,was it a wake up call,I was in terrible pain

As said matey,if concerned get yourself off to the hospital and get it checked out,they will take you straight in with chest pains


Best of luck mate

theotherphil

Central chest pain, crushing in nature. Often described as "somebody sitting on my chest". The pain often radiates to back, neck and jaw and also one or both arms. The pain will be constant and not made worse by movement or inspiration.

If it is bad enough for you to call a Dr or NHS direct, just phone for an Ambulance instead. The Dr and NHSD will only pass it to us anyway....we have the equipment, thrombolytic drugs and ability to get you straight onto CCU. Any chest pain should be checked out.

speye91

pains in arm...... better get it checked out cheers peeps

mick

logiclee

I had a heart attack two years ago at the age of 35. I thought it was severe indigestion.
If you ring NHS direct they will tell you to ring 999 for an ambulance.

I do not have any risk factors, it can happen to anyone.

Get yourself to A and E straight away, you could have a partial blockage or complete blockage. You may need clotbusting drugs to prevent a massive MI or to prevent further damage to your heart.

Let us know how you get on.

Cheers
Lee

J4CKO

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I thought I was having one once, then did a huuuuuuge burp !

Oh well, I thought, maybe next time.

Leslie

It is often angina which indicates that the coronary arteries are partially blocked thus causing ascaemic heart disease. This is a very good warning which I personally had. I was diagnosed early before I had a heart attack which would cause damage to the heart which it cannot recover from.

I had a quad bypass which has sorted the problem out.

You would be wise to get it thoroughly checked by the doctor as soon as you can.

Les

ozzy

even tight back muscles can cause tight pains across the chest. If your left arm starts feeling tingly or sore that's when to worry

speye91

Thank you to eveyone who posted back to this thread with good advise

Ended up in hospital last nite as i was getting very worried

It nothing to do with my heart it turned out i had damaged some muscles very close , and that was the cause of the pain

gave me a bloddy fright tho

Anyway nothing a couple of days off work and a few more hundred pain killers wont sort out

Cheers Mick

160mph flat out

Quit the tabs and booze m8

David Lock

Still here then

Glad you got it sorted. dl (at end of long waiting list to see heart specialist!!)

lordharding

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Glad you are ok spey as you are booked on the TTS stand at the NBO


and you cant get out of it whatsever :


2 years ago I had chest pains and went to a doctor who was doing holiday cover at my surgery said I was ok and take a couple of disprins .

Next day i felt worse and as iahd to go to Hexham asked my long suffering misses to drive as i still wasnt feeling well !0 miles beforethe destination i has serious chest pains andwas virtually paralised with pain My words were


' Get the foot down ' never seen the scooby go so fast straight into the 30 MPh zone at Silly speed and finaly made it to the A&E

The boy ran into the hospital and a couple of nurses ran out with a wheelchair as they were loading my semi vegeetable state into the chair I remember saying 'let the turbo cool down@ and dont park it to close to another car


After 8 hours wired up to various moniters and x-rays they eventually discharged me as it was a viral plurecy a dryness of the lungs which has similar warnings to a heart attack but lying in the hospital bed makes your life change and hence i live for today and dont worry too much about the future

Glad you are on the mend

speye91

At the parking bit ,John what you trying to do make me damage more muscles

cheers for the laugh john

mick

fast bloke

Not chest pain related, but might damage another muscle or two. Wife was 41 weeks pregnant and thought she felt a twinge, then a bigger one, then a bigger one. About 12 miles of country roads to hospital, so I dutifully get the bag, put her in the scoob and start heading at sensible speed to hospital (2.00 AM) - About 1 mile in she starts screaming baaad baaaaad words. I speed up a bit. She shouts "Stop Stop - I think the baby is coming" My head thinks "but your waters haven't broken yet" but the part of me that never ever wants to deliver a baby in a car thinks "OK - Lets go - we can be there in 5 minutes".......... two minutes later - red torch being waved in the middle of the road......... me stops...... "Evening Sir.... do you know what speed you were doing".... Me: "You are never going to believe this, but my wife is about to have a baby" Policeman thinks "Ah that old chestnut" but the part of him that never ever wants to deliver a baby in a car says "OK - follow us" - Flat out blue light escort to the hospital doors.... stretchers waiting, the heap. While about 400 staff stretcher wifey off to delivery suite, policeman pulls me aside and points out that 117 MPH in a 60 probably isn't that sensible, even with screaming wife in passenger seat, but given the circumstances and the car he would probably have done the same. 5 minutes of apologies and I run up to the delivery suite. Update: gas and air not helping pain, birth doesn't look imminent so consultant and registrar are both on the way. 10 minutes later wifey lets out the biggest fart known to mankind - IIRC it registered on the richter scale..... baby managed to hang on in there for another 9 days

Clazza

PMSL

speye91

cheers another visit tonight for me now

mick

Funkii Munkii

@ Lord Harding and Fast Bloke

Let the turbo cool down - classic

Chip

Go private and get seen quicker before something nasty hasppens.

Chip

Drunken Bungle Whore

Superb! Has amused the entire office - particulalry the women!

Leslie

Glad it was alright in the end.

Fast Bloke, good one, we are both still laughing about that story.

Les

lordharding

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:

scoobynet community is hear to brighten up your days

check out the engine rebuild thread with ps lewis for some real stomach burster comments

JTaylor

with Lordharding and FastBloke. Well told

Brit_in_Japan

Glad it's nothing to worry about Mick.

Tingling pain in arms is a big tell tale sign. My father woke up complaining about just such symptoms. My mum nagged him to go straight to the doctor, which he did. Doctor thought it was a concern and sent him to hospital the same day for tests. However there was a long wait before my father could be seen and he decided to go back the next day. That same afternoon he suffered a massive coronery and that was him gone. It's not worth taking a chance with one's health, better safe than sorry.

logiclee

My heart consultant has told me to go direct to A&E or ring 999 if I suspect another heart attack. You will be treated straight away.
Go down the Doctors and medical admissions route and you could be waiting hours.

Cheers
Lee

MartinM

....another previous MI victim - March 05, classic left arm/lower jaw pain etc - chips in...

I've been back to A&E three times in the last year after not feeling well - once by Blues and Two's, once by wheelchair from my Stage 2 cardiac class in the hospital, and once by being driven to A&E. Luckily, no faults found.

It's (sort of) nice to turn up in A&E with chest pains and a previous proven history of MI and get seen to absolutely straight away - straight past all the broken legs, druggies, escorted prisoners and general hangers on that seem to congregate in A&E waiting rooms these days...